Importunate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Importunate \Im*por"tu*nate\ ([i^]m*p[^o]r"t[-u]*n[asl]t), a.
     [See {Importune}.]
     1. Troublesomely urgent; unreasonably solicitous;
        overpressing in request or demand; urgent; teasing; as, an
        importunate petitioner, curiosity. --Whewell.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. Hard to be borne; unendurable. [R.] --Donne. --
        {Im*por"tu*nate*ly}, adv. -- {Im*por"tu*nate*ness}, n.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  importunate
       adj : expressing earnest entreaty; "the appealing and frightened
             look worn by an injured dog"; "she holds out her hand
             for money, importunate, insistent"; "a pleading note in
             her voice" [syn: {appealing}, {imploring}, {pleading}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  75 Moby Thesaurus words for "importunate":
     aggravating, annoying, bothering, bothersome, cajoling, choiceless,
     clamant, clamorous, coaxing, compulsory, controlled, crying,
     demanding, disturbing, draining, dunning, exacting, exasperating,
     exigent, exorbitant, extortionate, firm-minded, forward, galling,
     grasping, harassing, imperative, importune, independent, insistent,
     instant, irking, irksome, irritating, loud, mandatory, nagging,
     necessary, necessitous, obligatory, persistent, pertinacious,
     pesky, pestering, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, plaguesome,
     plaguey, plaguing, pressing, provoking, pushy, self-asserting,
     self-assertive, self-controlled, self-expressive, self-possessed,
     self-restrained, strong-minded, strong-willed, taxing, teasing,
     tiresome, tormenting, troublesome, troubling, urgent, vexatious,
     vexing, wearisome, wheedling, without choice, worrisome,
     worrying